WEBVTT ROB: KETV NEWSWATCH 7'S TAYLORBARTH HAS THIS NEW STORYTONIGHT.>> OH, IT'S OK.REPORTER: WITH HIS GRAND KIDSAND WIFE BY HIS SIDE, GARY FLINTANXIOUSLY WAITS. >> KISSES HE DOESN'T TAKE FORGRANTED WITH A NEW LEASE ONLIFE, ONE THAT WASN'T GIVENFREELY. REPORTER: FLOWERS IN HAND ANDSPECIAL GET SET TO THE SIDE.>> HI ANNA, NICE TO MEET YOUFINALLY.REPORTER: A MOMENT, YEARS IN THEMAKING.>> FINALLY WE MEET.SO HAPPY.REPORTER: FOR THE FIRST TIMGARY HUGS ANNA HUTT. COMPLETE STRANGERS BUT DRAWNTOGETHER BY HEART. AND THE COMPASSION OF HER16-YEAR-OLD SON PAYTON.>> FUN LOVING, FREE SPIRITEDCHILD.REPORTER: IN MAY 2014 A VAN HITPAYTON WHILE HE WAS RIDING HISDIRTBIKE.>> THEY DIDN'T THINK THEY WOULDFIND A HEART IN TIME FOR ME.REPORTER: WITH MONTHS TO LIVE,GARY RECEIVED A NEW HEART,PAYTON'S HEART, DAYS AFTER HEWAS LIFTED FOR A TRANSPLANT.>> I WAS BORN AGAIN THAT DAY.REPORTER: ANNA, DIDN'T ALWAYSSUPPORT HER SON'S DECISION TO BEAN ORGAN DONOR.>> HE'S CHANGED MY OUTLOOK ONIT, YOU KNOW, I COULDN'T THINKOF A BETTER PERSON TO HAVE GOTHIS HEART.HE HAD A BIG HEART.REPORTER: BOTH SAY IT FEELS LIKEFATE THAT PAYTON CHOSE GARY TOLIVE THROUGH, IT'S LIKE WE'RETWINS IN OUR SOULS.>> I WANT HIM TO LIVE, I WANTHIM TO SMILE, I WANT HIM TO BEHAPPY.REPORTER: AND ON MOTHER'S DAY,ANNA RECEIVED THE MOST SPECIALGIFT, A HEARTBEAT THAT WILL BEATON FOR GARY AND FOR HER EVERYTIME SHE HUGS THIS BEAR. >> THAT'S PAYTON'S HEARTBEAT.>> THANK YOU.REPORTER: PAYTON ALSO DONATED

Four years after son's death, mother hears his heartbeat once again

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Updated: 8:46 AM EDT May 15, 2017

OMAHA, Neb. —

With his wife, children and grandchildren by his side, Gary Flint of Lexington anxiously waited in the lobby of the Durham Outpatient Center at Nebraska Medicine Sunday afternoon. Anna Hutt of Clarinda, Iowa, also made her way to the hospital, ready to meet the man who has a second chance at life thanks to her son's heart.

On May 21, 2014, Hutt's 16-year-old son, Payton Montana Casteel of Coin, Iowa, was hit by a van while riding his dirt bike near his home in Coin. Casteel was not wearing a helmet and suffered severe head trauma. Weeks before the crash, Casteel registered as an organ donor while getting his learner's permit. Hutt said she tried to talk him out of it.

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"I told him no," Hutt said. "I said 'No, I don't think you're going to do that,' and he was like 'No, mom. I want to be a donor.' He's changed my outlook on it, you know, I couldn't think of a better person to have got his heart. He had a big heart."

Doctors gave Flint, 64, months to live, as his heart condition continued to get worse. In 2007, he was diagnosed with nonischemic cardiomyophathy, which is an enlargement of the heart.

"They didn't think they would find a heart in time for me," Flint said.

Six days after he was listed for that transplant, Flint learned he would receive a new heart but did not know it was Casteel's.

"I was born again that day," Flint said.

A year after his transplant, Flint and his family wrote a letter to Hutt. The hospital forwarded it on to her, giving her the option to respond. Since then, the two families have talked. Hutt, telling Flint about her son, like who he was and the things he enjoyed.

"Payton is living through me, because when she talks about loving cars, motorcycles, music, (being) a prankster, I mean it couldn't be picked any better because you're talking about me," Flint said.

"My son taught me that it's a great gift for Gary and his family, and I couldn't think of a better man to have gotten his heart," Hutt said.

After years of talking back and forth, Flint and Hutt met for the first time on Sunday. Flint greeted Hutt with flowers. Both called the long-awaited meeting wonderful.

"Her son's still living on inside me. (It was wonderful) to meet his mother that brought him into this world and decided he could go ahead and have his way with being a donor," Flint said.

Sunday's meeting also made for a special Mother's Day for Hutt.

"I don't think there's words that you could even describe the feelings or emotions," Hutt said.

She listened to her son's heartbeat inside Flint's chest. Flint also surprised her with a special teddy bear. Every time Hutt squeezes it, a recording of Casteel's heartbeat will play.

The two plan to stay in touch. Hutt said she wants Flint to live life to the fullest and her son would have wanted that, too.

"I want him to live," Hutt said. "I want him to smile. I want him to be happy."

Casteel also saved six other lives through organ donation. Hutt and Flint encourage others to register as donors.